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BRICS and Illicit Financial Flows

CBGA

• 21 September 2016
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There is a growing sense of anguish among the citizens across the world with the increasing number of public disclosures exposing how a small group of global elite (individuals as well as MNCs) have...

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Sustainable Development Goals: Assessing Commitments towards Financing and Inequality

CBGA

• 31 March 2016
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In September 2015, heads of States and representatives of 193 countries assembled at the United Nations General Assembly to give shape to the Post- 2015 Development Agenda: ‘Transforming Our...

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BRICS and the New Development Bank

CBGA

• 31 March 2016
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The BRICS has emerged at a time when the future of the international financial system that arose in the immediate aftermath of World War II is increasingly being called into question. Given their...

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How Responsive is the G20 to Sustainable Development?

CBGA

• 31 March 2016
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A series of financial crises in Asia during the 1990s exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the global financial system. The Group of Eight (G8), consisting of the world’s wealthiest economies,...

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Fiscal Policy Space in India and other BRIICSAM Countries

CBGA

• 25 December 2015
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This policy brief attempts to present a rudimentary framework for Fiscal Policy Space so that it can be used to compare India with other developing economies namely Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China,...

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Recent Changes in the Fiscal Architecture in India and Its Implications for Financing Climate Change Interventions

CBGA

• 1 November 2015
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The recent changes in the institutional and fiscal architecture of the country following the constitution of NITI Aayog and release of report of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, have implications...

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Budgeting for Improved Nutritional Status of Tribal Children through the Tribal Sub Plan Strategy

CBGA

• 1 January 2015
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Nutritional deprivation is the highest among tribal children in India. However, fiscal policy strategy to improve nutritional status for this section of the population depends to a great extent on...

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Financing of Renewable Energy at the State Level: Expenditure on New and Renewable Energy by Various Department of State Government for Four Select States

CBGA

• 1 January 2015
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Given that power sector is a major contributor to Greenhouse Gas emissions in India (with 43 percent share), faster infusion of Renewable Energy into the sector can be expected to have a significant...

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The Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Key Debates and Significance in the Indian Context

CBGA

• 1 January 2015
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This policy brief on the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) analyses the centrality and relevance of the Financing for Development (FfD) processes for a country like...

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Climate Change Adaptation in Four Indian States: The Missing Gender Budgets

CBGA

• 15 December 2014
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Gender budgeting reflects government priorities for the empowerment of women across all sectors. India’s blueprint for climate action, the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC),...

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